H O W A R D K O O

350 Bay St. Suite 100-130, San Francisco, CA 94133, U.S.A. • tel: 415-759-6766 • [email protected]

O B J E C T I V E

• seeking a full time position, (United States citizen, birthdate 08-04-1974)

E D U C A T I O N

B.A., Economics, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley

• motivation and morale
• communication and presentation skills
• econometrics and regression analysis

B.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

• cognition and human factors
• organizational behavior and performance optimization
• decision analysis and computer simulation

E X P E R I E N C E

Advanced Fiber Communications (1998-current), demand management analyst

• problem: Baan Enterprise System inflexible, and demand forecast needs improved accuracy
• solution: design databases, migrate Baan ERP to a datawarehouse, and develop financial and forecasting models to improve forecasting metrics

Hewlett-Packard ULSI Semiconductor Fabrication (1996,1997), management consultant

• problem: wafer production cycle times too long and down times too high
• solution: analyze functionality of facility; optimize dynamic production systems; investigate output, cycle times, WIP levels, and work schedules to improve utilization

NASA Ames Research Center (1995), researcher

• problem: Federal Aviation Administration needs to redesign logic and work structures of current air traffic safety personnel
• solution: design a new air tower computer interface system; reorient aircraft and traffic controller roles to adapt to a free flight computer system which helps to reduce errors and costs

A D D I T I O N A L S K I L L S

Languages and Communication

• can speak and write intermediate level Japanese; completed two years of college level Japanese language course and continuous self-study
• made numerous technical presentations before company executives by summarizing analytical issues into understandable context

Teaching and Mentoring

• production manager and editor of California Engineer, one the most recognized magazines in all UC campuses
• taught publishing business and software to staff and helped editors understand different writing styles
• helped people improve work habits and efficiency at Hewlett Packard as a consultant

Computing

• environments: UNIX, MS-DOS, MS-Windows(NT, 95, 98), Novell, OS/2, Macintosh, NeXT
• languages: Ansi-C, Visual Basic, SQL, FORTRAN, PASCAL, SAS, normalization and relational algebra (full relational data warehouse development), SIMAN/ARENA (simulation), AMPL and Lindo (linear programming), HTML
• applications: Baan, Oracle 7.3, Access, Paradox, Dbase, Foxpro, Excel, MS Project, Mathematica, Matlab, CAD, BLSS and other statistical packages, ERP packages, MRP and other resource packages, Power Point, Framemaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark